End of the road as the rural postbus ‘no longer viable’WalesOnline, United KingdomFor more than 40 years, postbuses, which carry passengers alongside mail, have provided a travel lifeline for remote British communities. But many routes have been abandoned in Royal Mail efficiency drives, and Wales’ last three postbuses are due to …
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Collectors of tiny pieces of history stick together to hold …Naples Daily News, FLAlice Lopresti can remember the first ones she collected at the age of 12; the vividly colored stamps adorned letters from a pen pal in Ceylon, now the country of Sri Lanka. “They were pretty and if they …
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